I wonder whether the top-rated college football game again yesterday wasn’t ‘Notre Dame Football’ on NBC at 3:30 pm where the Fighting Irish went 7-0 in another barn-burner against BYU that went down to the final seconds.
I’m not sure if its being carried nationally or not, but my local PBS affiliate has added the 1970s miniseries ‘I Claudius’ to its schedule for the next 14 weeks. This is masterful television, and it was such a thrill to watch an episode of it last night (the second of the series) for the first time since 1976.
PBS’s ‘I Claudius’ gave American television audiences an early glimpse of the enormous talents of Mr. Patrick Stewart.
In Late-Night Metered-Market Household Averages for Saturday night:
* “Saturday Night Live,” with host Bruno Mars (5.4/14 in
metered-market households), dominated its time period with the show’s
highest rating in more than seven months (since March 3 with a
telecast hosted by Lindsay Lohan featuring musical guest Jack White).
In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, “Saturday Night Live”
averaged a 2.9 rating, 13 share in adults 18-49, “SNL’s” top rating in
the Local People Meters since September 22 (with an episode hosted by
Joseph Gordon-Levitt featuring musical guest Mumford & Sons). Versus
“SNL’s” year-ago average for October originals, last night’s telecast
is up 10 percent in metered-market households (5.4 vs. 4.9) and up 12
percent in the Local People Meters (2.9 vs. 2.6).
* “Saturday Night Live” was the #1 telecast of the night on ABC,
CBS, NBC and Fox in the metered-market households and the Local People
Meters, outscoring all primetime programs on those networks. In the
Local People Meters, “SNL” beat the #2 program of the night on ABC,
CBS, NBC or Fox by an 81 percent margin (2.9 vs. a 1.6 for ABC’s
Florida State-Miami college football).
* In national ratings for far this season, original telecasts of
“Saturday Night Live” are delivering up versus one year ago by 8
percent in 18-49 rating (with a 2.8 vs. a 2.6, “most current”) and 1
percent in total viewers (7.1 million vs. 7.0 million). In 18-49,
“SNL” is the #1 Saturday series this season on the major networks,
ahead of every Saturday primetime show on ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox.
Saturday Primetime Results:
* At 8 p.m. ET, an encore telecast of “Revolution” averaged a
0.5/2 in 18-49 and 1.9 million viewers overall, matching the prior
week’s 18-49 rating in this slot.
* At 9 p.m. ET, a rebroadcast of “Chicago Fire” (0.7/2 in 18-49,
2.7 million viewers overall) tied for #2 in the slot among ABC, CBS,
NBC and Fox in adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 and was #2 outright among
those networks in all key adult-female demos (pending updates).
“Chicago Fire” built on its lead-in by 40 percent in 18-49 rating and
41 percent in total viewers.
* At 10 p.m. ET, a rebroadcast of “Law & Order: Special Victims
Unit” (0.9/3 in 18-49, 3.8 million viewers overall) equaled “SVU’s”
best Saturday 18-49 rating since May 19. “SVU” built on its lead-in
by 29 percent in 18-49 rating and 39 percent in total viewers.
NOTE: All ratings are “live plus same day” from Nielsen Media Research
unless otherwise indicated.
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